Canada's Band: The Tragically Hip
No band is more intertwined with Canadian identity than The Tragically Hip. For over 30 years, Gord Downie's lyrics served as a national poetry, referencing everything from hockey history ('Fifty Mission Cap') to small-town Ontario ('Bobcaygeon'). With 17 Juno Awards, their music is a permanent fixture on the Canadian cultural landscape. #Canada #TheHip #TragicallyHip #GordDownie 🇨🇦
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, was a Canadian rock band fronted by Gord Downie, and still is a national icon. Their music, deeply intertwined with Canadian identity, explores themes of history, geography, and culture. The Hip’s dedicated fanbase and Downie’s poignant lyrics cemented their place in Canada’s cultural landscape. 🇨🇦 #TragicallyHip #GordDownie #Canada
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So Hard Done By
Very few song writers have ever approached the layers of lyrical intrigue so consistently offered by Gord Downie.
“It was true cinema-a-clef
You should see it before there's nothing left”
#thetragicallyhip #gorddownie #KASADOR #TheStrictlyHip #remedy
Every time I listen to ‘So Hard Done By’ by The Tragically Hip I picture a hopelessly second-rate politician in the midst of a lap dance. So obsessed in his self-importance he completely ignores th…
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, was a Canadian rock band fronted by Gord Downie, and still is a national icon. Their music, deeply intertwined with Canadian identity, explores themes of history, geography, and culture. The Hip’s dedicated fanbase and Downie’s poignant lyrics cemented their place in Canada’s cultural landscape. 🇨🇦 #TragicallyHip #GordDownie #Canada
Canada's Band: The Tragically Hip
No band is more intertwined with Canadian identity than The Tragically Hip. For over 30 years, Gord Downie's lyrics served as a national poetry, referencing everything from hockey history ('Fifty Mission Cap') to small-town Ontario ('Bobcaygeon'). With 17 Juno Awards, their music is a permanent fixture on the Canadian cultural landscape. #Canada #TheHip #TragicallyHip #GordDownie 🇨🇦
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, was a Canadian rock band fronted by Gord Downie, and still is a national icon. Their music, deeply intertwined with Canadian identity, explores themes of history, geography, and culture. The Hip’s dedicated fanbase and Downie’s poignant lyrics cemented their place in Canada’s cultural landscape. 🇨🇦 #TragicallyHip #GordDownie #Canada
Canada's Band: The Tragically Hip
No band is more intertwined with Canadian identity than The Tragically Hip. For over 30 years, Gord Downie's lyrics served as a national poetry, referencing everything from hockey history ('Fifty Mission Cap') to small-town Ontario ('Bobcaygeon'). With 17 Juno Awards, their music is a permanent fixture on the Canadian cultural landscape. #Canada #TheHip #TragicallyHip #GordDownie 🇨🇦
Canada's Band: The Tragically Hip
No band is more intertwined with Canadian identity than The Tragically Hip. For over 30 years, Gord Downie's lyrics served as a national poetry, referencing everything from hockey history ('Fifty Mission Cap') to small-town Ontario ('Bobcaygeon'). With 17 Juno Awards, their music is a permanent fixture on the Canadian cultural landscape. #Canada #TheHip #TragicallyHip #GordDownie 🇨🇦
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Originally posted on February 6, 2021
On this day in 2016, the Tragically Hip performed their final concert.
“I don’t know what to believe
Sometimes I even forget
Then if it’s a lie
Terrorists made me say it”
#gorddownie #thetragicallyhip #amosthetransparent #RoseCousins
In what has become an annual tribute, here is yet another evocative celebration of Gord Downie through his words and the remarkable presentation of The Tragically Hip. Today would have been Gord’s …
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